District of Columbia
Minimum wage: $17.95 · Not a right-to-work state
Overtime rules
Federal weekly rule only (1.5x over 40 hrs/week)
Federal law is the floor everywhere: 1.5x your regular rate for every hour past 40 in a workweek. Where state law pays more, the state rule wins.
Run the numbers for your weekLabor board contact
DC Dept. of Employment Services, Office of Wage-Hour
Federal option: US DOL Wage and Hour complaint · 1-866-487-9243
Union rights here
District of Columbia is not a right-to-work state. Where a union contract includes a union security clause, covered workers can be required to pay dues or a fair-share fee (public-sector workers are exempt under Janus).
Private-sector organizing is governed by the National Labor Relations Act and enforced by the NLRB. Public employees (state, city, school, transit) are covered by District of Columbia state law instead, which sets its own bargaining rules.
It is illegal for your employer to fire, cut hours, or threaten you for talking with coworkers about pay or organizing.
Organizing help
Minimum wage and rule details change. Confirm current figures with DC Dept. of Employment Services, Office of Wage-Hour before relying on them.